The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . braves for a few mom-ents. Sharp glances were directedright and left, and wistful ones castbackward to the the slopes on the op-posite side of the Battle Eiver, asthough mentally gauging the ability toget away in the event of a run for comparative large number of vol-unteers, however, must have quicklyshown what small prospect there wasfor successful opposition, and reluct-antly fhow reluctantly may be esti-mated from the fact that some wereseen to kiss their rifles as they gavethem up, a remarkab
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . braves for a few mom-ents. Sharp glances were directedright and left, and wistful ones castbackward to the the slopes on the op-posite side of the Battle Eiver, asthough mentally gauging the ability toget away in the event of a run for comparative large number of vol-unteers, however, must have quicklyshown what small prospect there wasfor successful opposition, and reluct-antly fhow reluctantly may be esti-mated from the fact that some wereseen to kiss their rifles as they gavethem up, a remarkable show of feelingffor an Indian of the Plains), theyhanded over their arms to the detailordered to secure them. ]\Iostly all ofthese rifles were Winchesters of re-cent model, handier and much super-ior for the kind of fighting the Creesexpected than the single-loading Sni-der-Enfield with which our Canadiantroops weie armed. Nearly all weredecorated with notches or brass-head-ed tacks upon stock and butt, indi-cative of some conp or lucky shot bv\A-hich the owner believed ho had pac-. 413 414 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE ed an enemy hors de combat. Othersindicated large game that had fallento the aim of the owner. To the Indian, his rifle at such atime meant everything. Difl&cult toobtain in the first place, by reason ofthe exorbitant rate charged by thewhite dealers in the prohibited traf-fic—a rate which often exacted atwelvemonths labour in order to pro-vide the wherewithal for the purchaseof the coveted repeater, and now topart with it brought home to theIndian mind more than anything elsecould the defeated and abject statein which these warriors now foundthemselves. No unnecessary time waslost in preliminaries, and soon thebig talk or -pow-ivow—dear to theIndian heart even in defeat—wasunder way. Seated on a camp-chair facing north,his staff and the chief officers of bothhis own and the Battleford columnstanding in a semi-circle beliind him,General IVIiddleton intimated, t
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